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10 Dollars Buddha
| Issuer | Bank of Sierra Leone |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1997-date) |
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| Reverse description | A seated Buddha figure in frontal view is depicted in the central field, rendered in fine relief and positioned upon a stylised lotus throne. Flanking the deity are Chinese characters: 佛 to the left and 照 to the right. The legend 如來 arcs along the upper periphery in Chinese script. The denomination $10 appears along the lower periphery in Latin numerals. |
| Reverse script | Latin/Chinese |
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Sierra Leone's millennial commemorative program was aggressively licensed to the Pobjoy Mint, which produced dozens of thematic issues for the country around 2000 — many with no meaningful connection to Sierra Leone itself. This piece is one of them. The country was in the middle of a brutal civil war at the time of issue, with the RUF's campaign of amputations and mass displacement still ongoing; the central bank was functioning largely under international support.
These issues were sold almost entirely to the collector market in Europe and North America and saw no domestic circulation whatsoever.